JAMES WALLACE HARE FAMILY CEMETERY, Oconee County, SC a.k.a. > Version: 3.0 Effective: 5-Jan-2006 Text File: C249.TXT Image Folder: C249 ******************************************************************************** REPRODUCING NOTICE: ------------------- These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the recording contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the following USGenWeb coordinator with proof of this consent. Paul M Kankula - nn8nn (visit above website) SCGenWeb "Golden Corner" Project Coordinator Anderson: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scandrsn/ Oconee: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scoconee/oconee.html Pickens: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicke2/ DATAFILE INPUT . : Paul M. Kankula at genweb@bellsouth.net in Sep-2006 GPS MAPPING .... : Gary Flynn at (visit above website) in -2006 HISTORY ........ : ____________ at ____________ in _______ IMAGES ......... : Paul M. Kankula at genweb@bellsouth.net in -2006 RECORDING ...... : ____________ at ____________ in _______ ******************************************************************************** CEMETERY LOCATION: ------------------ > GPS = Latitude N x Longitude W CEMETERY HISTORY: ------------------------ JAMES HARE James and "Betsy" lived out their lives on the old homestead on Longnose Creek. Elizabeth Hare was active in the activities of the nearby Unity Baptist Church since its founding, and so were many of their descendants. There was no evidence in the church records that James Wallace, Sr. partook of those religious activities. James Wallace Hare, Sr. died August 7, 1884, and was buried on a hilltop on the old homestead. Joseph Preston Hare, who married Mary Ann Adams, died July 12, 1901. They had ten children, James Wallace Hare, Jr., who married Ella Jane Adams, a sister to Mary Ann Adams, died September 1, 1931. They had eight children. Elizabeth Jane Lyles Hair died February 20, 1903. She was buried in the Unity Church Cemetery. The homestead land passed to the remaining son, James Wallace, Jr. He sold the land to Lee Pelfrey in 1922 and moved to the village of Westminster. The land deed and plat of the sale shows the location of the old burial site with the notation, "Mr. Hair's grave excepted." That small burial site, enclosed by land owned by Ted Canute in 1995, still belongs to the descendants of James Wallace Hare, Sr. The owners of the property over the years have graciously granted access to the descendants for care and upkeep. The grave, hidden in woods and bordered by stones, was originally marked with a simple fieldstone inscribed. "J.W. Hare, died Aug 7, 1884." A few years back a wood shed was erected by a group of descendants. In 1992 the trees and underbrush within the plot area were cleared and a chain link fence was placed around the site and the shed was given a metal roof. A permanent marker was placed by the old field stone. We are encouraging the younger generation to continue the upkeep. Wish us luck. May James Wallace Hare, Sr. continue to rest in peace. Submitted by: Thomas L. Hair, Jr. 631 Camborne Avenue, Fort Walton Beach FL 32547. (Not at this address as of Sep-2006) Sources: The Long Journey a Family History, 1687 to 1991. Copyright 1992 by Thomas Lee Hair (Jr.). The Reprint Company, Publishers, Post Office Box 5401, Spartanburg, South Carolina 29304, 236 Pages. The Heritage Committee will receive a copy of this book, by separate mailer, for use and retention. Sources are cited in the book and all documentation is in my files. 174 copies of this book have been donated to archives, libraries, societies, and individuals in upper South Carolina from Columbia westward. 88 of those copies are in Oconee County. Vera Duke, Sallie Harbin, and possibly Edna Pitts have copies. The Oconee and Westminster libraries have copies. o----------o My Mother, Lizzie V. Hare Edmonds now deceased was Daughter of Harrison Arklus Hare and Mary Cox of Madison, SC near Westminster. Grandpa Hare was brother of Wallace and some other brothers that settled in Oconee County. Was called Keelus by some. Anderson, SC public as a Hare Family Book. I had a copy but I let it get away from Me. Some of my Hare cousins still live near Westminster and Madison. Names Lamar, Edward, and Richard. My Uncle James lives in Toccoa, Near Mulkey Road. Would love to know more. Welcome to correspond. Barbara Edmonds Burton at bobo61@bellsouth.net TOMBSTONE TRANSCRIPTION NOTES: ------------------------------ a. = age at death b. = date-of-birth d. = date-of-death h. = husband m. = married p. = parents w. = wife HARE, James Wallace, b., d. 7-Aug-1884